Hyderabad: The police arrested Osmania University Assistant Professor Ch. Kashim at his house in the campus on Friday. The Siddipet police conducted searches on Kashim’s for alleged maoist links after conducting searches at his house in the campus from 7 am on Saturday.

The police arrested him under the unlawful activities (Prevention) act and booked him for sedition, stating that he was a professional revolutionary. He had been elected as General Secretary of Virasm (Viplava Rachayitala Sangam, Revolutionary Writers Forum) last week. The searches at the professor’s Osmania University quarter number VI-9 and the arrest were carried out by a team led by Gajwel ACP Narayana. According to the police sources, they found pro-maoist materials like banned revolutionary literature, leaflet, palm plates and compact disks supporting maoist groups at the time of the searches at the house of professor.